CAIPE e-Bulletin
Issue 50 – January 2016
Welcome to the January issue of the CAIPE e Bulletin, a monthly electronic Newsletter providing concise
information and links to more in depth information, predominately on the CAIPE website www.caipe.org.uk
CAIPE wishes you an enjoyable New Year.
NEWS
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New Membership Category. We are delighted to announce that we are about to launch our new CAIPE membership
category for service users and carers. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/new-membership-category-service-users-and-carers/
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New CAIPE Student Committee Members. A very warm welcome to our new members of the CAIPE Student
Committee, Stephen Garvey (Coventry University), Rachel Logan (University of Dundee), Isaac Lim (University of Oxford),
Krisztina Szanto, Maria Cabral, Linda Eyre (Kings College, London). They will be joining our current Student Committee
Aatif Patel, Damilare Akintade (De Montford University) and Hayley Lawley (University of Birmingham) to promote CAIPE
within the student community. We look forward to working with them all.
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Some Of The Best Things In Life Are Free. NHS England is offering five free* workshops for staff to create their own
digital stories – short audio visual pieces – about working in healthcare. Your story will be used to help other people
understand the reality of working in healthcare so we may all learn from experiences, both good and bad; sharing our
stories in this way helps contribute to healthcare that is safer, more dignified, more humane and more compassionate for
everyone. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/some-of-the-best-things-in-life-are-free/
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The John Horder Award 2016. Applications are invited for this annual prestigious award of £1500 jointly given by
CAIPE and the Royal Society of Medicine to an interprofessional team working within Primary Health and Social Care or
the community demonstrating outstanding principles of collaborative working. The deadline for submissions is Monday
23/5/16 For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/call-for-papers-john-horder-award--2016/
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CAIPE Student Scholarship award 2016. CAIPE is offering two Scholarship awards to student members that will
cover expenses for the winners to attend the All Together Better Health Conference VIII, 6 - 9 September 2016 in Oxford,
UK and to share their work with conference delegates both formally and informally. For more information go to
http://caipe.org.uk/news/caipe-scholarship-award-2016/
For information about bursaries for students to attend other national and international conferences go to the
Opportunities section
EVENTS
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The 2nd Scottish Health and Social Care Team Challenge will be held on Friday 1st April at Glasgow Caledonian
university. Invitations to register for the event have been distributed to 3rd year and above undergraduate health and
social care students in Scottish universities.
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All Together Better Health VIII Conference. Oxford 6-9 September 2016 Planning for the above conference is
continuing and there is now a second call going out for abstract submissions. The deadline is 1/3/16. If you would be
interested in joining the panel of abstract reviewers then please email Elle at elena.gonenative@gmail.com For more
information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/the-oxford-atbh-conference-6th--9th-sept-2016/
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At the ATBH 8 conference in Oxford 6th-9th September a Health & Social Care Team challenge will be run.
Student delegates are invited to register for this exciting opportunity to work in international interprofessional teams and
present on a real case scenario to a panel of experts. The conference web pages will have further details shortly.
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International Capacity Building Seminar Development, Teaching & Assessment of Interprofessional
Competences. The EIPEN Capacity Building Seminar is being held in Ghent 16-18 March 2016. The event is designed for
academics from health and social care departments in higher education institutions, professional trainers and coaches in
clinical settings. It will provide the opportunity to explore and discuss concepts on coaching and supervising students
during the process of interprofessional learning. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/internationalcapacity-building-seminar-development-teaching--assessment-of-interprofessional-competences/
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Scottish Clinical Skills Network Annual conference 2016 - Call for Abstracts. The Scottish Clinical Skills Network
is delighted to announce that they will be holding their next Conference at The Suttie Centre, University of Aberdeen on
Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st April, 2016. The theme for the conference will be “Fostering Healthcare Collaboration
Across Networks”. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/scottish-clinical-skills-network-annual-conference2016--call-for-abstracts/
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Working Women in an Ageing Society Conference. The Working Women in an Ageing Society Conference in
Fukuoka, Japan in June 2016 has been instigated and led by Isabel Jones, who before moving temporarily to Japan two
years ago and while working at the University of Derby, led the Interprofessional Education Special Interest Group and
was a Board member of CAIPE and co-author of IPE publications. The conference has attracted much local interest and
funding. The principles in planning the conference include an interdisciplinary, international approach, involving
academics and researchers and the local community. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/workingwomen-in-an-ageing-society-conference-/
RESOURCES
The Editor’s Choice. In this new section of the CAIPE newsletter, below are two recently published papers
from the Journal of Interprofessional Care selected by the Journal’s editor which newsletter readers may
find of interest:
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What do we think about them and what do they think about us? Social representations of interprofessional
and interorganizational collaboration in the welfare sector by Catharina Widmark, Christer Sandahl, Katarina
Piuva & David Bergman.
Abstract: Professionals in healthcare, social services, and schools often collaborate when addressing children and
adolescents with complex psychosocial needs. Based on theory of social representations, we investigated how
professionals in the mentioned organizations perceived each other through their experiences of collaboration. Twenty-nine
unit managers and 35 staff members were interviewed in 12 focus groups, and the data collected were subjected to
content analysis. Most social representations indicated complex and problematic interprofessional collaboration, although
some were positive in nature. We also found social representations regarding ignorance of each other’s organizations,
distrust, unavailability, and uncommunicativeness. Conceptions of the other party’s way of thinking appeared to include
adverse attitudes and low expectations from the other side. Concurrently, there was mutual understanding of the limited
room to manoeuvre and heavy workloads. The professionals’ perceptions reflected frustration and ambivalence, and also
indicated that dialogue was prevented by established boundaries and low expectations. We conclude that arenas are
needed for productive dialogue and exchange of relevant knowledge in such collaborative systems, and that management
should enable staff to collaborate based on the existing boundaries.
For more information: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/13561820.2015.1055716
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Findings from a mixed methods study of an interprofessional faculty development program
by Erin Abu-Rish Blakeneya, Andrea Pfeifle, Mandy Jones, Leslie Hall & Brenda Zierler.
Abstract: 40 faculty members from eight schools participated in a year-long National Faculty Development Program
(NFDP) conducted in 2012–2013, aimed at developing faculty knowledge and skills for interprofessional education (IPE).
The NFDP included two live conferences. Between conferences, faculty teams implemented self-selected IPE projects at
their home institutions and participated in coaching and peer-support conference calls. This paper describes program
outcomes. A mixed methods approach was adopted. Data were gathered through online surveys and semi-structured
interviews. The study explored whether faculty were satisfied with the program, believed the program was effective in
developing knowledge and skills in designing, implementing, and evaluating IPE, and planned to continue newlyimplemented IPE and faculty development (FD). Peer support and networking were two of the greatest perceived
benefits. Further, this multi-institutional program appears to have facilitated early organizational change by bringing
greater contextual understanding to assumptions made at the local level that in turn could influence hidden curricula and
networking. These findings may guide program planning for future FD to support IPE.
For more information:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/13561820.2015.1051615
Other resources
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A cohort study into the long-term benefits of experiential, interprofessional education for non-specialists
on clinical behaviours and outcomes in diabetes care. This study assessed the impact of an educational initiative
for non-specialist, healthcare professionals in the community on the process and quality measures of diabetes care
delivered, and changes in their learning experiences and clinical management behaviour in the short and long term.
57 general practitioners and practice nurses managing 4167 patients with diabetes took part in a rolling 10-week,
experiential, interprofessional education programme . Evaluation of care processes and quality outcomes took place 15
months after the programme was initiated and findings showed that an experiential, interprofessional intervention can
result in significant improvements in quality outcomes in association with a sustained impact on behaviours and practices.
For more information go to http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e009083.short?rss=1
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Facilitating the dissemination of interprofessional education and practice using an innovative conference
approach to engage stakeholders. Significant change is needed to successfully embed interprofessional education
(IPE) and interprofessional practice (IPP) within health systems. Change such as this requires effective leadership, yet
leadership is an underdeveloped area in IPE and IPP. To address this gap Curtin University drew on organizational change
literature, particularly Kotter's (1995) [8] eight-stage change process, to inform the implementation of its large scale IPE
curriculum. This paper describes the University’s dissemination strategy which is informed by Roger's (2003) [9] ‘diffusion
of innovation’ theory. For more information go to http://www.jieponline.com/article/S2405-4526%2815%29300240/abstract
OPPORTUNITIES
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The award of the title "Honorary Fellow" of the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education.
Applicants are invited for the above award both from individual CAIPE members and from CAIPE members who are part of
corporate membership. For more information go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/the-award-of-the-title-honorary-fellow-ofthe-centre-for-the-advancement-of-interprofessional-education/ An Honorary CAIPE Fellowship is a new and prestigious
title which will be awarded for five years to an individual who is a CAIPE member and has made significant and
outstanding contributions to IPE, collaborative working and the organisation
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Opportunities for CAIPE student members to attend national and international conferences.
CAIPE is funding 10 student places at the National Association of Educators in Practice Conference, 15th April 2016 at the
TechnoCentre, Coventry University. For more information and how to apply go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/opportunitiesfor-students-to-attend-national-and-international-conferences/
CAIPE is also funding a limited number of student places at the 11th International Conference on Practice Learning and
Field Education in Health and Social Work in Belfast 4-6m April 2016, held in association with Queen's University Belfast.
More information and details on how to apply will be announced on the Student Home page on the website shortly.
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Call for papers: Special Issue Interprofessional Education and Practice Journal of Taibah University Medical
Sciences
The Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences invites world-renowned eminent researchers and writers in the field of
Interprofessional Education to submit their scholarly articles for possible publication in the special issue. All articles are
subjected to a double blind peer review and language editing of all accepted articles are provided free of charge. All
authors will receive 25 off-prints of the published articles. There is no publication or processing fee. For more information
go to http://caipe.org.uk/news/call-for-papers-special-issue-binterprofessional-education-and-practice-journal-of-taibahuniversity-medical-sciences/
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